Hose-supporter.



T. P. FORD.

HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1914.

Patented June 29, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 13, 1914. Serial No. 838,295.

proved HoseSupporter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved hose supporter which is very simple and durable in construction and arranged to permit the user to conveniently and quickly engage the hose material with the supporter and to readily adjust the parts to securely hold the hose material in place without danger of tearing it.

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of a frame and a clasp, one movable on the other, the frame having a bottom bar and a clasp having two clamping bars adapted to bear on opposite sides of the frame bar to clamp the hose material between the said frame bar and the said clasp bars.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an enlarged cross section of the hose supporter with the parts in open position; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same; Fig. 8 is a cross section of the same with the parts 1n closed position; Flg. 4 1s a front elevation of the same; Fig. 5 1s a fragmentary front elevation of a modified form of the hose supporter with the parts in open position; Fig. 6 is a cross section of the same; and Fig. 7 is a like view of the same with the parts in closed position.

The hose supporter consists essentially of an open frame A and a clasp B, both preferably made of wire. The frame A consists of a bottom bar A terminating in side bars A which terminate at their upper ends in short top bars A terminating in a loop A which extends upwardly and is engaged by a tape, strap or like supporting member C. The clasp B consists of two bottom or clamping members B and B normally overlying one the other, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1, and the said bottom or clamping bars B and B are of a length somewhat less than that of the frame bottom bar A. The clasp bottom or clamping bars B and B terminate in up wardly and inwardly inclined side bars B B and 13*, B which terminate at their upper ends in top bars B, B and B, B formed at their outer ends into loops B slidingly engaging the side bars B of the frame A.

When the clasp B is in lowermost position on the frame A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, then the bottom or clamping bars B and B and the lower portions of the side bars B B extend in front of the frame A, and the clasp bottom bars B, B are a distance below the frame bottom bar A to provide an opening for the passage of the material D of the hose, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The user now slides the clasp B upward and when the top bars B, B of the clasp B reach the top bars A of the frame then a slight upward and transverse pressure causes the clasp B to assume the posi' tion shown in'Figs. 3 and 4 whereby the bottom or clamping bars B, B are moved to opposite sides of the frame bottom bar A to clamp the hose material between the three parts A, B and B as plainly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. It will be noticed that the upward pressure referred to places the clasp B under tension owing to the top bars B, B abutting against the frame top bars A thus causing the bars B, B to firmly clamp the material in position on the frame bar A.

When it is desired to release the hose, the user presses against the side bars B*, B in a forward and slightly upward direction to disengage the bottom bars B, B from the bottom bar A, thus releasing the material.

and allowing the clasp B to slide downward into open position.

It will also be noticed that a large clamping surface is provided between the bottom bar A and the bottom or clamping bars B, B so that the hose material is not liable to be torn when the hose is subjected to strain.

The hose supporter shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 consists of a frame F and a clasp G, of which the frame F is provided at its bottom bar F with an offset F on which the hose material is clamped by the two clamping bars G, G of the clasp G. The eyes G Gr of the side arms G G are mounted to swing on the bottom bar F adjacent the offset F so that when the clasp G is in lowermost position, as shown in Fig. 5, sufficient space is had between the offset F and the clamping bars G. G for the passage of the hose material. The clasp G is swung upward to engage the bars G, G with op- Patented June 29, 1915..

tively clamps the hose material in position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A hose supporter, comprising a frame having a bottom bar, and a clasp movable on the said frame and provided with two clamping bars,'the clasp being of a size to lie within the frame and when in lowermost position providing a space for the entrance of the hose material between the frame bottom bar and the said clasp clamping bars,

the clasp when in raised position lying within the frame and having its clamping bars located on opposite sides of the frame bottom bar to clamp the hosematerial between Elle frame bar and the said clasp clamping ars.

:2. A hose supporter, comprising a frame having a bottom bar, and a clasp movable on the said frame and provided with two straight clamping bars of a length less than the frame bottom bar, the clamping bars of the clasp when in lowermost position being a distance below the frame bottom bar to provide a space for the entrance of the hose material between the said bars and the clasp when in raised position extending within the frame opening and having its clamping bars located on opposite sides of the frame bottom bar to clamp the hose material between the frame bar and the said clasp bars.

3. A. hose supporter, comprising an open rectangular frame and a clasp, and the said clasp having a pair of bottom bars, one in front of the other and of a length less than that of the frame bottom bar, the said clasp bottom bars terminating in upwardly extending side bars inclined toward each other, the side bars terminating in horizontal top members having eyes slidably' engaging the said frame side bars.

4. A hose supporter, comprising an open frame and a clasp, the open fr'ame'havi'ng a bottom bar, side bars and a top bar having its central portion bent outwardly to form Copies of this patent may be obtained for an upwardly extending top loop, and the said clasp having a pair of bottom bars one in front of the other and of a length less than that of the frame bot-tom bar, the said clasp bottom bars terminating in upwardly extending side bars inclined toward each other, the side bars terminating in top members having eyes slidably engaging the said frame side bars, the said top members of the clasp when the latter is in clamping relation to the bottom bar of the frame abutting against the top bar and the said clasp bottom bars engaging opposite sides of the frame bottom bar.

5. A hose supporter, comprising a rectangular frame, and a clasp having a straight bottom bar of less length than the bottom bar of the frame, upwardly and inwardly inclined side bars extending from the ends of the bottom bar, and outwardly projecting top bars extending from the ends of the inclined bars and terminating in eyes slidably engaging the sides of they frame, whereby the clasp will be of such a size as to lie entirely within the frame and when in clamping position its top bars will be in engagement with the top bar of the frame and its bottom bar will be in engagement throughout its length with the bottom bar of the said frame.

6. A hose supporter, comprising an open frame, and a clasp having a pair of clamping bars, pairs of upwardly and inwardly inclined side bars, and pairs of top bars terminating in eyes slidably engaging the sides of the frame, the clamping bars lying on opposite sides of the bottom bar of the frame when in clamping position.

7 A hose supporter comprising an open rectangular frame, and a clasp having a pair of straight parallel clamping bars of less length than the bottom bar of the frame, pairs of upwardly and inwardly inclined side bars and pairs of top bars terminating in eyes slidably engaging the sides of the frame.

'In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS P. FORD.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. 'Hos'rnn, GEORGE H. EMs'Lm.

five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Eatents, Washington, D. C. 

